Combination typewriter-card puncher



July 4, 1939. J. P. BUCKLEY COMBINATION TYPEWRITER-CARD PUNCHER Filed Dec. 5, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l FIG. 1

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COMBINATION TYPEWRITER-GARD PUNCHER Filed Dec. 3, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 III 57 /3 v 1/0 30 JOHN P BUCKLEX.

F1640. g fiyw Patented July 4, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATIOg TYPEWRITER- CARD UNCHER- I 16 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved recording mechanism and one object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of such construction that, when it is operated, a record card may have perforations punched therein and a typewriter operated to type upon another card or sheet of paper a replica of the data represented by perforations in the card, and thus permit the operator to be sure that the card has been correctly perforated.

While the apparatus is particularly adapted for use at the sending station of an apparatus such as disclosed in my copending application for a patent upon an improved automatic accounting and checking system filed November 14, 1934, Serial No. 752,909, now Patent 2,080,758, granted May 18, 1937, it is to be understood that it is not limited to this particular use and may be employed wherever found adaptable. Figs. 18, 19 and 20 of the patent just mentioned show a punching and printing device for which the modifications shown in the instant case may be substituted.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the apparatus that, when it is operated either by means of a rotary dial or through manipulation of the keys of a typewriter, a carriage carrying a card will be shifted longitudinally and transversely and thus brought into the proper position for accurately punching a record card carried by the carriage, or a punch will be shifted over a fixed card.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of this character which may be operated either through the medium of mechanical means or electrically energized means.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character which is simple in construction, easy to operate and not only very accurate but also not liable to get out of order.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation view of one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the apparatus partially in top plan and partially in section.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation looking from the right in Figure l with portions omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the dial and finger stop forming part of the apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of a modified embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the apparatus illustrated in Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary diagrammatic view of a modified form of key engaging shaft.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another modified form of key engaging shaft and associated mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view of another modified construction.

Fig. 10 is a view in cross section of a conventional typewriter mechanism showing the essential parts thereof as used in the modification of Fig. 1.

This improved apparatus, when constructed as shown in Figs. 1 through 4, is provided with a shaft I, which extends longitudinally of a table 2, and at one end is mounted in the bearing at the upper end of a standard 3 where it is secured against longitudinal shifting movement by a pin 3 which engages in a similar groove found in the shaft. This shaft extends through a casing 4 having a shaft receiving neck 5 at one side and at its opposite side a neck 6 terminating in a reduced end or bearing I, snugly receiving the shaft with an end portion of the shaft projecting from the bearing. The table 2 may be supported in any desired manner which will dispose the dial or finger ring 8 at the front of the casing within easy reach of a person operating the apparatus. A cylindrical shaft or sleeve 9 which is of less length than the shaft I fits snugly about the shaft and is held against rotation thereon by a key engaged in the key-way I formed in the shaft I. The sleeve has one end portion formed with teeth, thus providing a rack ID, the teeth of which mesh with teeth of the gear i I so that when the gear is rotated the sleeve will be shifted longitudinally upon the shaft I. At its opposite end the sleeve carries a cam I2 which is fixed to the sleeve so that when the sleeve is shifted longitudinally to dispose the cam over a predetermined one of the key levers I3 of a conventional typewriter mechanism or similar machine (for essential parts of which see Fig. 3 and Fig. 10) and the sleeve and shaft I then rotated, the cam will be swung into position to engage the selected key lever and swing it in an operative direction and thus cause a desired character to be imprinted upon a sheet of paper placed in the typewriter or equivalent machine in the usual manner. By this arrangement the operator can type the desired data upon a sheet of paper A placed in the typewriter C around platen B against which type-bars I3 strike.

The gear I I is fixedly mounted upon a shaft I4 journaled axially through the casing 4 with its outer or forward end projecting from the easing and carrying the finger ring 8 which is circular in shape and formed with a series of finger receiving openings 15 disposed in. front of numbers or other symbols (marked upon the top of the casing). By engaging a finger through a selected one of the openings i5 the finger ring may be turned until the finger engages the abutment fingers l6 and I6 carried by a shaft H which is rotatably mounted in bearings carried by a marginal portion of the casing as shown in Figure 4. This will prevent rotation of the dial or finger ring beyond the extent desired and the cam 12 will be moved into position over the desired key lever. The shaft H is yieldably held against rotation in one direction by a spring I8 coiled about the shaft with one end anchored to the shaft and its other end secured to one of the bearings in which the shaft is rotatably mounted. Rotation of the shaft by the spring is limited by engagement of the finger I6 and a stop 4 projecting from the casing 4. In order to limit rotation of the shaft ll when the abutment fingers are moved there has been provided an arm L! which extends longitudinally of contacts mounted in the casing. Engagement of the arm [9 with one of the contacts not only serves to limit turning of the shaft H and swinging movement of the fingers carried thereby but also causes one of the contacts to be moved into engagement with the other and thus close an electric circuit through a magnet 2| constituting part of the apparatus.

coincidentally with rotation of the shaft a gear 22 fixed upon the rear end portion of the shaft will be turned and as this gear meshes with a rack bar 23 slidably mounted in bearings 25 carried by the casing d the rack bar will be slid longitudinally, the distance the rack bar travels being controlled by the extent to which the sf aft 14 and gear 22 are turned. As the rack car 33 moves longitudinally, the frame or carriage 2;"; carrying the card which is slid into place un-- der the flanges 21 of the frame will be shifted downwardly along the table 2 to an adjusted position in which the horizontal column having a number at its end corresponding to the number appearing above the type bar over which the cam has been shifted will be disposed in position to have a perforation punched therein.

Movement of the frame or carriage to the adjusted position is accomplished as the operators finger engages the abutment fingers it and I5 and moves these fingers the limit of their movement. As rotation of the finger ring ends and the arm [9 engages the contacts 28 a circuit is closed to energize the magnet 25 and the armature 28 of the magnet will be drawn inwardly against action of the spring 28. A check valve 2i of a conventional form controls flow of air from the core of the magnet. As the armature is drawn inwardly the lever 30 which has one end connected to the armature and its other end pivoted to a mounting bar 3i carried by the magnet will be swung towards the mounting bar into position to force the plunger 32 towards the card holding carriage and punch a perforation in the card. The spring 32 yieldably holds the plunger in an elevated position. The lever 39 not only operates the plunger 32 but also applies pressure to a plunger or rod 33 which is slidably mounted through the mounting bar and table 2 and yieldably held against depression by the spring t l. In addition to imparting movement to the plunger 33 the lever also exerts pull upon the link 35 to pull upon the arm 35 and rotate the shaft l and the tubular shaft 9 and swing the cam i2 towards the key board so that the key lever over which the cam has been shiftedwill be moved in a direction to imprint a character upon the sheet of paper in the typewriter. As the plunger 33 is moved by the lever 36 the escapement pawl 36 will be rocked relative to the ratchet 3'! and the shaft 333 which is journaled in the bearings 39 will be rotated. The pinion 40 fixed to the shaft 38 at the opposite end thereof from the ratchet 3i meshes with the rack M which is slidable longitudinally in the slot 42 formed in the table 2. This rack is provided at one end with a lug or finger 42' engaging an end of the card 26 in a manner to permit selective vertical movement of the card and frame and as the rack is moved, the card will be shifted in step by step movements to successively dispose the vertically extending columns of the card under the punch. This shifting of thecard takes place before the card is perforated. It will thus be seen that perforations will be successively formed at selected points in the vertical columns of the card, and when completed the card will be ready for tabulation. While it has been stated that numerals are printed at ends of the horizontal columns of the card, letters of the alphabet or other symbols may be substituted. The spring 43 coiled about the shaft 38 and having one end anchored to the shaft and its other'end anchored to the adjacent bearing 33 is tensioned as the rack bar 45 and the card are shifted to the starting position and rotates the shaft 38 to impart horizontal movement to the card as the escapement is actuated. As the operator removed his finger after turning the finger ring to a position in which further rotation of the finger ring is stopped by engagement of the operators finger with the arms it and i5 the spring 44 coiled about the shaft i l and tensioned during rotation of this shaft with the finger ring reverses rotation of the shaft and the gears or pinions H and 22 and the carriage and the tubular shaft will be returned to their initial positions. Another number can then be dialed and the operation will be repeated to form another perforaticn in the card, this perforation being formed in the vertical column next tothe one in which the previous perforation was formed.

In order to send an electrical impulse to a distant station and cause energization of mechanism such as shown in my copending application, Ser. No. 752,909, filed Nov. 14, 193% now Patent No. 2,080,758 granted May 18, 1937, there has been provided sending mechanism corresponding to the sending mechanism of the copending application. The mechanism about to be described is claimed in the patent referred to and hence is not claimed in the present case. This includes a shaft d5 journaled in the casing in spaced parallel relation to the shaft M and carrying a pinion 4'6 which meshes with a large gear or pinion 4i loose upon the shaft [4. This gear M has a ratchet 48 formed integral therewith which is engaged by a pawl 49. This pawl is carried by an arm 5%] fixed to and extending radially from the shaft [4. Therefore during initial or forward rotation of the shaft M the pawl will slide over the ratchet but upon reverse rotation ofthe shaft as the finger ring returns to its original position rotary motion will be imparted to the ratchet and the gear 31 and through the pinion 46 to the shaft 45. A Worm gear 5! carried by the shaft 45 and engaged by the worm 52 constitutes a transmission for the governor 53. The governor functions to prevent the shaft 45 from rotating too fast and during such rotation of this shaft a cam 54 mounted upon the shaft moves into and out of engagement with one of the spaced contacts 55. These contacts are normally out of contact with each other and as the contact engaged by the cam is momentarily moved into engagement with the other contact a circuit having the contacts incorporated therein will be closed and an electrical impulse pass through the circuit to energize apparatus controlled thereby. This apparatus may be an accumulator or any other apparatus desired.

When this device is in use the operator places a sheet of paper in the typewriter and a card in the carriage or frame 25. The dial is then operated by successively engaging a finger in openings through which the desired numerals appear and the finger ring turned each time until the operators finger engages the abutment arms 56 and i6 and is brought to a stop as the shaft If is turned and arm is moves the contacts 26 into engagement with each other to close the circuit through the magnet 2i. During move ment of a finger towards the abutment arms it and I6 the shaft [4 is rotated in a direction to shift the sleeve or hollow shaft 9 along the shaft i a sufficient distance to move the cam 62 into place over the key lever of the typewriter corresponding to the numeral dialed and at the same time the carriage will be shifted vertically by the gear 22 and rack bar 23 into position to dispose the horizontal column having the corre sponding numeral at its end under the punch plunger 32. As the circuit of the magnet is closed as soon as the contacts 29 are moved into engagement with each other and this takes place practically simultaneously with engagement of the operators finger with the arms 16 and it and shifting of the carriage and hollow shaft to their adjusted positions, the lever 35] will be immediately moved towards the bar it and during this movement the hollow shaft 9 will be turned with the shaft l to cause the cam to impart operative movement to the selected type bar through the key lever, the shaft 33 rotated to shift the card longitudinally to bring the first vertical column of the car under the plunger 32 and pressure then applied to the plunger to form a perforation in the card. The opening 2 formed in the table under the plunger permits unhampered movement of the plunger. Upon release of the finger ring the elements are restored to their initial positions. The finger ring is then again operated to dial the next numeral desired and the operation repeated and a perforation formed in the second vertical column of the card, the card being moved horizontally in step by step movements to bring one vertical column after another under the plunger from the initial position in which the card is initially disposed when applied to the carriage. After all of the numerals of a predetermined number have been dialed the card can be removed from the carriage and it will be found that the perforations in the vertical columns when read in accordance with numerals at ends of the horizontal columns in which they are formed will form the predetermined number. The predetermined number will also have been typed upon the sheet of paper placed in the typewriter.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in figures 5 and 6 the apparatus is operated from the key board of the conventional typewriter mechanism C having platen B. When a selected key is depressed a rocker shaft 56 will be rotated. This rocker shaft is mounted in bearings 51 at opposite sides of the typewriter and has a single crank portion 58 which extends under all of the keys transversely thereof so that depression of any one of the key bars will cause rotation of the rocker shaft. As the rocker shaft turns, a cam 59 mounted upon one end thereof will move the contact 6B] of the circuit maker and breaker 6i into engagement with the other contact thereof and a circuit closed through the magnet $2. As the magnet is energized the armature, which is in the form of a bar 63 having teeth 64 on one side serving as a rack bar, is retracted. The rack teeth 64 mesh with a gear or pinion 68 carried by the shaft 69 upon which the bevelled gear H3 is loosely mounted and yieldably coupled to the shaft by a spring H having its ends fixed to the gear and shaft. As the gear 10 meshes with the bevelled gear 12 carrying a pinion l3, and the pinion meshes with the rack bar 14 of the shaft the shaft will be slid longitudinally through the bearings 16 in which it is mounted until the abutment lug 71 carried by the shaft engages the depending arm or tongue l3 of the depressed key of the typewriter and further movement of the shaft stopped. It will thus be seen that rotation of the shaft '52 carrying the gear 12 and pinion l3 and rotatably carried by a bracket 18 will be controlled and as this shaft also carries a small pinion l9 meshing with teeth of the rack bar 8E! extending from the card holding carriage at, the carriage will be shifted only a sufficient distance to move a predetermined horizontal column of the card 82 into position to be punched. The gear it) ceases to rotate as soon as the lug Tl engages the tongue of the depressed key but the shaft 63 and pinion 68 may continue rotating and therefore movement of the armature 63 will not be stopped but may continue a sufficient distance for the lug B3 of the armature to engage the free end of the pivotally mounted lever 84 and swing the lever into position to actuate the punching plunger 85 and the stem 86 of the escapement 8'27. This escapement corresponds to that shown in Figure 3 and when actuated permits intermittent rotation of the shaft 88 carrying a pinion 89 which meshes with a rack bar 90 corresponding to the rack bar 38 and serving to impart step by step horizontal movement to the card. This portion of the apparatus is similar to that shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and previously described. When the operator removes his finger from the depressed key the spring 9| returns the rocker shaft 58 to a raised position and the contacts of the circuit maker 6| separate. The spring H then uncoils to rotate the shaft 69 and withdraw the armature and as the lug 83 moves out of engagement with the lever 84 rotation of the gears 10 and 72 and the pinions l3 and 19 act upon the rack bars M and 80 to restore the shaft l5 and the card frame or carriage to their initial positions. The card will, however, have been shifted horizontally to move the second vertical column to a position under the punch.

Instead of depending upon electricity to operate the apparatus it may be hand-operated in which case the selected type key will be depressed with a finger of one hand and held depressed while a finger of the other hand is applied to the button or head 92 at the outer end of the armature or rack bar 63 and pressure applied to force the same into the magnet. During this movement the shaft 15 will first be shifted longitudinally until the lug engages the tongue of the depressed key and further pressure will cause the lug 83 to move the lever 84 into position to engage the stem 86 to actuate the escapement 8'! for horizontal adjustment of the card carriage and then operate the plunger 85 to perforate the card. The rack bar 63 and the depressed key are then released and return movement of the parts takes place.

Instead of using a rock shaft 55 having a single crank portion 58 the rock shaft 93 shown in Figure 7 be used. This rock shaft is rotatably mounted at its ends in bearings 95 and has intermediate portions bent to form cranks 95 disposed under cooperating key bars !3. A finger 95' formed on each crank 95 serves to engage a side face of the companion key l3 and absorb shock when the key is struck by the lug of the sliding shaft iii. In Figure 8 a rock shaft 96 having a single elongated crank portion 91 is used and yi ldably held against rotation in one direction by a spring 93. This construction is primarily intended for a hand-operated apparatus and the bridge of the crank is disposed in front of the vertically extending portions 99 of the keys (3. A notch N59 is formed in the vertical portion of each key and when a key is depressed the bridge of the crank 91' enters the notch formed in the depressed key and maintains the rock shaft in an adjusted position. The depressed key is secured in the depressed position by engagement of the crank in the notch of the key and as soon as the arm M2 engages the arm ill! to rock the shaft 138 and move the crank out of the notch the key will be released and return to a raised position.

In the modified construction illustrated in Figure 9 sliding of the hollow shaft which takes tr e place of the snaft i5 and is supported upon the shaft le -l is controlled by a plurality of magnets mounted at opposite sides of the shaft The rack teeth M33 of the shaft I63 mesh with the pinion F9. The armatures H16 of the magnets are yieldably held retracted by springs id? but when a predetermined magnet is energized its armature will be shifted to an extended position in which it projects into position to engage an abutment N3 of the hollow shaft i533 and limit sliding movement of the shaft The wires 355 leading from coils of the magnets are attached to individual terminals I ll] each of which is yieldably supported by a spring Ill and has its stem H2 slidably mounted through an insulating bar i it. Wires 5 i l lead from opposite ends of the coils of the magnets to one end of the coil of the magnet i 55, which corresponds to the magnet 62, the other end of the coil of this magnet being connected by a wire M5 to one side of the battery iii. The switch ill is interposed in the wire M8 leading from the other side of the battery, which wire has branches grounded to certain keys i3 of the typewriter and it will be readily seen that when one of these keys is depressed it will engage cooperating terminal H and close a circuit through a predetermined magnet 355 as it moves downwardly. Therefore the selected magnet and the magnet H5 will be energized and the apparatus set in operation, sliding of the hollow shaft being stopped when the abutment carried thereby engages the projected armature of the energized magnet 105. W hen the key is released and moves upwardly to its normal position the circuit through the energized magnets will be broken and the apparatus will be restored to its initial condition. The switch ill will permit disconnection when it is desired to use the typewriter for writing without punching.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, a shiftable carriage adapted to hold a record card, a key board, a rock shaft having a crank portion under the key board, a rack bar extending from said carriage, a shaft slidably mounted for movement transversely of the key board, a rack carried by said shaft, pinions meshing with the racks of the carriage and shaft, means for simultaneously imparting rotation to said pinions to shift the shaft transversely of the key board and to shift the carriage to an adjusted position, means carried by said shaft for engaging a depressed key to limit shifting of the shaft and consequently limit shifting of the carriage beyond a position determined by the depressed key, means to actuate the means for rotating the pinions having controlling means actuated by rotation of the crank shaft, and means for perforating a card in said carriage actuated by the means for rotating the pinions.

2. The structure of claim 1 wherein the means for imparting rotation to the pinions includes an electro-magnet having a circuit including a circuit maker disposed adjacent the rock shaft, and a cam carried by the rock shaft and moved therewith to close the circuit maker when the rock shaft is rotated by engagement of a depressed key with the crank of the rock shaft.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a shiftable carriage adapted to hold a card, per- 'forating means overlying the carriage, a key board, a rock shaft having a crank portion ere tending under the key board transversely thereof to impart rotation to the shaft when a selected key is depressed and engages the crank, a rack carried by said carriage, a rack bar having a portion thereof extending under the key board transversely thereof, a gear and a pair of pinions turning as a unit, said pinions meshing with the rack bar and the rack of the carriage, an abutment carried by the rack bar for engaging a depressed key to limit sliding of the rack bar and consequently limit shifting of the carr t ge beyond a position disposing a predetermined portion of a card under the perforating means, said position depending upon the selected key whereby a perforation will be formed in the predetermined portion 0 the card carried by the carriage, and means responsive to rotation of the rock shaft to impart rotation to the pinions through the medium of said gear and after shifting of the a carriage actuate the perforating means.

4. The structure of claim 3 wherein the means for actuating the perforating means and parting rotation to the pinions includes a plunger, an electro-magnet, the plunger constituting the armature of the electro-magnet, and a circuit for the electro-magnet having incorporated therein a circuit maker normally open and adapted to be closed when the rock shaft is rotated by engagement of a depressed key with its crank.

5. The structure of claim 3 wherein the means for actuating the perforating means and imparting rotation to the pinions includes a plunger formed with a rack, a pinion meshing with the rack of said plunger, a shaft carrying the pinion and rotatably mounted, a gear loose upon the shaft and meshing with the gear turning with the pair of pinions, a spring coiled about the shaft with one end anchored to the shaft and its other end anchored to the gear loose upon the shaft, and an abutment carried by said plunger for engaging and actuating the perforating means during sliding of the plunger subsequent to shifting of the carriage.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, a shiftable carriage adapted to hold a card, periorating means overlying the carriage and having an operating lever, a shank for said carriage provided with a longitudinally extending rack, and actuating means for the lever and the carriage including a plunger extending transversely of said shank and said lever and provided with a longitudinally extending rack, means for reciproeating said plunger, an abutment carried by said plunger for engaging the lever and effecting operation of the punch when the plunger is moved longitudinally in one direction, a gear and a pinion turning as a unit with the pinion meshing with the rack of said shank, a pinion meshing with the rack of said plunger, a shaft carrying said pinion and rotatably mounted, a gear loose upon said shaft and meshing with the first gear, and a spring coiled about said shaft with its ends anchored to the shaft and the gear loose upon the shank, and means associated with loosely mounted gear for selectively limiting the degree of rotation thereof.

'7. In a card punching machine, a punching mechanism, means providing relative step up movement between a card and the punching mechanism and means providing selective relative movement between the card and punching mechanism at right angles to the step-up movement, manually operable means for accomplishing selection of the last named relative movement, means actuated by said last named means for automatically operating the punching mechanism after each selection made and means automatically operated by said punching mechanism to operate said step up means after each operation of the punching mechanism.

8. In a device for printing selected indicia and substantially simultaneously effecting correlated card punching, a series of type actuating ele ments, means for advancing a card in one direction, a punching device, said card and said punching device being relatively movable with respect to each other laterally of the first direction; means for selecting the relative lateral position of the card and punching device including means for operating the corresponding type actuating element, the punching device, and the card advancing means.

9. In a card punching mechanism, a punching device, a card holder adapted to carry a card adjacent said punching device, said card having a series of longitudinally extending columns transversely arranged, said card holder being mounted for transverse movement relative to said punching device and said card holder having means to guide the card longitudinally of said punching device, means associated with said card holder for determining its lateral position relative to said punching device means included with said last named means for automatically actuating the punching device and means actuated by said punching device for automatically changing the longitudinal position of the card in the guide means after each punching operation.

10. In a device for printing selected indicia and substantially simultaneously efiectlng correlated card punching, a printing mechanism having a series of type actuating elements, a punching mechanism, means for advancing a card in one direction relative to the punching mechanism, means for selectively positioning said card and said punching mechanism relative to each other at any one of a given number of points on a line at right angles to the direction of advancement, and means for making successive selections including means for automatically operating correlated twpe elements, the punching mechanism and the card advancing means as each selection is made.

11. In a device for perforating record forms, a punching mechanism, means for advancing the record form in a given direction relative to the punching mechanism, means for effecting relative movement between the record form and the punching mechanism at right angles to the given direction; means, comprising a group of keys and electro-mechanical means associated with said keys, for selectably controlling the degree of the last named movement said last named means further including means for automatically operating the punching mechanism and the advancing means.

12. In a device for perforating record forms, a punching mechanism, means for advancing the record form in a given direction relative to the punching mechanism, selectably operable means for effecting relative movement between the rec- 0rd form and the punching mechanism at right angles to the given direction, means operable by the last named means for operating the punching mechanism and mechanical means actuated by the punching mechanism for operating the advancing means.

13. In a card punching machine, a punching mechanism, means providing relative step-up movement between a card and the punching mechanism and electro-mechanical means arranged to cause relative movement between the card and punching mechanism at right angles to the step-up movement, manually operable means for initiating and determining the degree of the last named relative movement, means actuated by said electro-mechanical means for automatically operating the punching mechanism after each operation of said manually operable means and means operable by said punching mechanism after each operation thereof for operating said step-up means.

14. In a device for perforating record forms, a punching mechanism, means for advancing the record form in a given direction relative to the punching mechanism, electro-mechanical means having a predetermined operating range for effecting relative movement between the record form and the punching mechanism at right angles to the given direction, said electro-mechanical means including a resilient drive permitting selective limitation of said last named relative movement to various points within the operating range thereof, positive drive means associated with said electro-mechanical means constructed and arranged to operate the punching mechanism as the electro-mechanical means approaches an extremity of its operating range, means operably associated with the punching means for operating the advancing means, and means for energizing said electro-mechanical means and selectably limiting said second named relative movement between the record form and the punching mechanism.

15. In a device for perforating record forms, a punching mechanism, means for advancing the record form in a given direction relative to the punching mechanism, electro-mechanical means said punching device being relatively movable with respect to each other laterally of the first direction, operating means relatively positionable with respect to said type actuating elements and operably associated with said punching device; mechanical means for selecting the relative lateral position of the card and punching device, for a given punching operation, including means for simultaneously positioning the operating means with respect to the corresponding type actuating elements and means operably associated with said mechanical means for operating said punching device.

JOHN P. BUCKLEY. 

